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| Adding Vallejo primer |
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| Painting chassis, body and interior |
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| Adding decals to the interior |
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| Painting glass' and body's black accents |
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| Black accents: done |
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| After several clear coats and Tamiya polishing compound... Front |
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| Back |
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| A visible ejection mark at the roof |
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| Some molding lines that don't belong in the fender: sanding them off. |
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| Sanding imperfections after 1st coat of primer. Filled them with green Tamiya putty. |
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| 1st coat of green |
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| Polishing |
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| Painting the silver and black accents |
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| Adding lights after several coats of Future |
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| Ready to join the chassis to the body |
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| Finished model front |
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| Finished model back |
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| Adding 3-D printed real VW wheels |
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| Model now with original VW wheels |
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| 1:48 P-47 Profi-Pack from Eduard |
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| Target paint schema: Escuadrón 201- Mexican expeditionary force |
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| Test-fitting resin cockpit |
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| Priming resin parts with Vallejo Gray primer |
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| After painting with cockpit green and adding photo-etched parts |
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| Cutting the cannons ABER www.aber.net.pl |
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| Cannons ready |
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| Working on wing roots |
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| Disaster! Trying to remove some filler from the wing roots, I used too much lacquer thinner and 'erased' a lot of detail in the wing root and the fuselage. I had to salvage the cockpit and request another P-47 kit on Amazon... |
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| The Academy P-47 kit (this is the base kit used in Eduard's Jugs over Germany P-47) |
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| Engine preparation. Before adding the ignition ring (photo-etch) |
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| Box |
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| Interior |
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| Gluing both halves of the fuselage |
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| Green putty on the seam lines (Added some lead in the nose) |
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| Masking windows at the cockpit |
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| ...and at the tail. |
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| Priming with a black glossy paint |
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| First coat of Alclad2 - Airframe Aluminum |
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| Second coat: Alclad2 - White Aluminum |
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| Painting guns, antenna and pitot tube |
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| Adding decals and painting details |
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| Just in time for Model Fiesta 2016 - San Antonio |
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| Got the Best B-25 Prize: Sponsored by Lt. Col. Dick Cole Doolittle Raider |
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| Prize and Plane close-up |
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| Box |
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| Lower construction |
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| Interior |
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| Painted Body |
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| Time Circuits |
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| About to join |
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| Finished model - Top |
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| Finished model - Right |
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| Finished model - Back |
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| Finished model - Left back |
